List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812

This is a list of commanders of the Russian Army in 1812 before the Patriotic War of 1812.

Contents :

A

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles[1] Military Gallery
Afanasii Agalin1764-1846Major General (1807)Chief of the Kursk infantry regiment No
Vasili Adadurov1765-1845Major General (1798), from 1808 in retirementHead of the 2nd brigade of the Saint Petersburg irregularsPolotsk, CzasnikiNo
Adam Georg von Agthe1777-1826Major General (1814)Chief of the Saint Petersburg grenadier regimentBorodino, Krasny, LeipzigYes
Ivan Adamovichd. after 1813Major General (1798)In the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army No
Ivan Aklechev1758-1824Major General (1799)Head of Olonets and Vologda rifle brigades of the Saint Petersburg irregularsPolotsk, Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden, Bar-sur-Aube, ParisNo
Mikhail Akhlestyshev1782-1829Colonel (1810), Major General (1813)Chief of 39th chasseur regimentKovel, Lyuboml, Golovnya, Golovnya, Bautzen, KatzbachNo
Ilya Alekseyev1772-1830Major General (1807), Lieutenant General (1815)Chief of dragoon brigade in the Wittgenstein CorpsPolotsk, Czasniki, Stolbsy, Smoliani, LützenYes
Fyodor Aleksopol1758-after 1816Major General (1807)Chief of the 2nd brigade of the 23rd infantry divisionSmolensk, BorodinoNo
Alexander Albrecht1788-1828Colonel (1811), Major General (1814), Lieutenant General (1826)In the Wittgenstein CorpsPolotsk, Berezina, Lützen, Bautzen, DresdenYes
Stepan Andreyevskiy1782-1843Colonel (1809), Major General (1813)In the Leub Guard cavalry regimentVitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Bautzen, Dresden, KulmYes
Alexander Ansio1776-1830Major General (1810)General on duty of the Danube ArmyBerezinaNo
Alexey Arakcheyev1769-1834General of artillery (1809)Head of the War DepartmentLützen, BautzenYes
Andrei Arakcheyev1772-1814Major General (1799)Chief of artillery of the 3rd Reserve Army No
Ivan Andreyevich Argamakov1775-1820Colonel (1807), Major General (1813)Chief of Zhytomyr dragoon regimentKaidanov, Minsk, Borisov, Bautzen, Leipzig, HamburgYes
Ivan Vasilievich Argamakov1763-1834Colonel (1806), Major General (1815)Chief of Vladimir dragoon regimentDresden, Leipzig, HamburgYes
Gustav Armfelt1757-1814General of infantry (1812)In the Imperial RetinueGroßbeeren, Dennewitz, LeipzigNo
Alexander Arseniev1754-1844Major General (1801)In the Moscow irregulars No
Mikhail Arseniev1779-1838Major General (1812)In the Leub Guard Cavalry regimentFère-ChampenoiseYes
Nikolai Arseniev1764-1830Major General (1799)Chief of a division in the Moscow irregularsBorodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, KrasnoeNo
Aleksei Avdulin1776-1838Major General (1810)In Reserve No

B

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Karl Gustav von Baggovut1761-1812Lieutenant General (1807)Chief of 2nd infantry corps of the 1st Army of the WestEulay, Pultusk, Heilsberg, Fridland, Finnish War, Borodino, TarutinoYes
Prince Pyotr Bagration1765-1812General of infantry (1809)Commander-in-chief of the 1st ArmySaltanovka, BorodinoYes
Prince Roman Bagration1778 – 1834Colonel (1810), Major General (1813)In the Staff of the 3rd ArmyKobrin, Brest, GorodechnoYes
Pyotr Balabin1776 - 1856Major General (1813), Lieutenant General (1832)In the Corps of RigaMemel, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm, GlogauYes
Stepan Balabin1763 – 1818Major General (1815)Chief of the Don Cossacks Ataman Regiment No
Prince Kirill Balatukov1774 – 1827Major General (1813)Chief of the Simferopol Chivalry Tatar RegimentRomanov, Mir, Borodino, TarutinoNo
Alexander Balashov1770-1837General aide-de-camp (1809), General of infantry (1823)Minister of Policy, in the Emperor's retinue Yes
Mikhail Balk1764 – 1818Lieutenant General (1815)Chief of the Riga Dragoon RegimentGromy, St-DizierYes
Adam Balla1764 - 1812Major General (1799)Commander of 3rd Brigade of 7th Infantry DivisionSmolenskNo
Pyotr Bardakov1756 - 1821Lieutenant General (1798)Chief of Kostroma militiaGlogauNo
Prince Michael Barclay de Tolly1761-1818General of infantry (1809), Field Marshal (1814)Minister of Land Forces of Russia, Commander of 1st and 3rd Armies of the WestBorodino, Kulm, Leipzig, ParisYes
Ludwig Balthasar Alexis Bartholomäi1784-1839Colonel (1812), Lieutenant General (1826)Aide-de-camp of Michael Barclay de TollyVitebsk, Smolenks, Borodino, Tarutino, Leipzig, Krasnoe, Laon, SoissonsYes
Alexey Bakhmetiev Yes
Nikilay Bakhmetiev No
Alexander Bashilov1777-1849 (1847?)Major General (1810)Brigade commander, Third ArmyGorodechnaYes
Panteleymon Benardos Yes
Count Alexander von Benckendorff1783-1844 Yes
Konstantin von Benckendorff1785-1828 Yes
Count Levin August von Bennigsen1745-1826 Yes
Bernhard Magnus von Berg1764-1838 Yes
Gregor von Berg1765-18381801 Chief Malorossisky (Little Russia) Grenadier Regt. 1806-11 Commandant of Revel. Oct 1812 Lieutenant General Commander 5th Division 1805 Amstetten (wounded), Austerlitz (captured). 1812 Jakobovo, Nischy, Golovchyn, 1st Polotsk (wounded), 2nd Polotsk, Smolnya. 1813 Danzig, Mockern, Lutzen, Bautzen, Reichenbach (wounded). Yes
Alexander Berdyaev Yes
Alexander Bibikov Yes
Adam Otto von Bistram1774 - 1828 1st Western Army Ostrovno, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Mozhaisk, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets[2] Yes
Karl Ivanovich von Bistram1770 - 1838 Commander Life Guard Jager Battalion Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Klementino, Dobraya[3] Yes
Andrey Bogdanovskiy Yes
Nikolay Borozdin1777 - 1830Major General (1807) chief of 1st Cuirassier Division, 5th Infantry Corps Finnish War, Borodino, Bauzten, Leipzig Yes
Baron Karl Ludwig von Budberg1775–1829 Yes
Otto von Buchholtz1770 – 1831 Yes

C

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Anton Chalikov Yes
Yefim Chaplits1768-1825Lieutenant General from 12 November 1812 Commander 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps Kobryn, Slonim, Borisov[4] Yes
Ilya Fedorovich Chernozubov1765-1821Major General from November 1812 Commander Don Cossack Opolchenye Krasnyi Yes
Alexander Chernyshyov1786-1857Colonel (1809), Major General (November 1812)Guerilla brigade commanderRaids in Neman River area, October–November 1812Yes
Nikolay Chicherin Yes
Pyotr Chicherin Yes
Pavel Choglokov1772-1832Major General (1808) Chief of 1st Brigade, 11th Division, 4th Infantry CorpsFinnish War, Smolensk, Borodino, Bautzen, Leipzig Yes
Baron Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg1765-1822 Yes

D

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Denis Davydov1784-1839 Yes
Maksim Damas Yes
David Delyanov Yes
Vasiliy Denisov Yes
Luka Denisiev Yes
Nikolay Depreradovich Yes
Nikolay Dekhterev Yes
Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch (Ivan Dibich)1785-1831 Yes
Fyodor Dovre Yes
Dmitry Dokhturov1756-1816 Yes
Fyodor Drizen Borodino Yes
Baron Ilya Ducca (or Duka) Yes
Ivan Durnovo Yes
Stepan Dyatkov Yes

E

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Georgi Emmanuel Yes
Fyodor Engelhardt1762-1831 Commander of Riga volunteersDefense of Riga
Grigori Engelhardt1759-1834Major General Yes
Fyodor Ertell Yes
Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen1759-1813 Yes
Count Pyotr Essen Yes

F

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pavel Filisov Yes
Alexander von Fock Yes

G

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Prince Joseph Galatte1760— Yes
Alexey Gamen1773—1829 Yes
Ermolay Gamper1750—1814 Yes
Semyon Gangeblov1757—1827 Yes
Vasiliy Garpe1762—1814 Yes
Ivan Geidenreich1769—1839 Yes
Gotthard August von Helffreich1776—1843 Yes
Jakov Gine1769—1813 Yes
Andrey Glebov1770—1854 Yes
Fyodor Gogel1775—1827 Yes
Pavel Golenishchev-Kutuzov1772—1843 Yes
Prince Dmitriy Golitsyn1771-1844 Yes
Evgeniy Golovin1782—1858 Yes
Prince Andrey Gorchakov1779—1855 Yes
Timofey Grekov1770—1831 Yes
Alexander Gresser1772—1822 Yes
Andrey Gudovich1782—1867 Yes
Ivan Gurielov1770—1818 No

H

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Karl Herzdorf Yes
Prince Ernest of Hesse-Philippsthal Yes

I

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pyotr Ivelich1772 - 1816 Major General (1808Chief of 1 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps Yes
Dmitry Ignatiev Yes
Alexey Ilovayskiy Yes
Vasiliy Ilovayskiy Yes
Grigori Ilovayskiy Yes
Ivan Ilovayskiy Yes
Nikolay Ilovayskiy Yes
Osip Ilovayskiy Yes
Ivan Inzov Yes

J

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini1779-1869 Yes

K

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Vladimir Kablukov Yes
Platon Kablukov Yes
Kirill Kazachkovskiy Yes
Paisi Kaysarov Yes
Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich Yes
Moisey Karpenko Yes
Akim Karpov Yes
Ermolay Kern Yes
Stepan Khilkoff Yes
Prince Nikolay Khovansky Yes
Matvey Khrapovitskiy Yes
Ivan Khroshchov Yes
Pyotr Kikin1775-1834 Yes
Fyodor Knipper Yes
Karl von Knorring1774-1817 Yes
Otto von Knorring Yes
Alexander Knyazhin Yes
Boris Knyazhin Yes
Pyotr Kozen1778-1853 Yes
Ivan Kozlyaninov Yes
Alexey Kologrivov Yes
Pyotr Kolyubakin Yes
Count Pyotr Konovnitsin Yes
Pyotr Kornilov Yes
Fyodor Korf Yes
Vasiliy Kostenetskiy Yes
Afanasiy Krasovskiy Yes
Baron Cyprian Kreutz Yes
Nikolay Kretov Yes
Maksim Kryzhanovskiy Yes
Nikoay Kudashev Yes
Yakov Kulnev1763-1812 Yes
Dmitry Kuruta Yes
Alexander Kutaysov Yes
Dmitriy Kuteynikov Yes
Aleksander Kutuzov Yes
Prince Mikhail Kutuzov1745-1813 Yes

L

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Count Charles de Lambert Yes
Count Alexander Langeron1763-1831 Yes
Sergey Lanskoy Yes
Vasiliy Laptev Yes
Vasiliy Levashov Yes
Baron Karl Levenstern Yes
Baron Woldemar Hermann von Löwenstern1776–1858 No
Friedrich von Löwis of Menar ("Fyodor Leviz")1767-1824 Yes
Dmitry Levin Yes
Ivan Leontiev Yes
Count Johann Lieven Yes
Fredrik Lindfors ("Fedor") Yes
Grigori Lisanevich Yes
Pyotr Likhachyov Yes
Fyodor Lukov Yes
Gavriil Lukovkin Yes
Dmitry Lyalin Yes
Dmitry Lyapunov Yes

M

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Valerian Madatov1782-1829 Yes
Count Johann von Manteuffel ("Ivan Manteyfel") Yes
Alexander Markov Yes
Yevgeni Markov Yes
Andrey Maskov Yes
Mikhail Mantsev Yes
Vladimir Mezentsev Yes
Mikhail Mezentsev Yes
Alexey Melissino Yes
Baron Egor Meller-Zakomelskiy Yes
Pavel Merlin Yes
Count Alexandre Michaud de Beauretour1771-1845 Yes
Count Mikhail Miloradovich1771-1825 Yes
Dmitry Mordvinov Yes
Fyodor Mosolov Yes
Nikolay Myakinin Yes

N

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Nabokov1787-1852 Yes
Fyodor Nazimov Yes
Lev Naryshkin Yes
Mikhail Naumov Yes
Dmitry Neverskiy Yes
Pavel Neidhart Yes
Alexey Nikitin Yes

O

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Prince Vasily Obolenskiy Yes
Adam Ozarowski1776–1855 Yes
Modest Okulov Yes
Evgeny Olenin Yes
Count Joseph D'Olon Yes
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev1773–1835 Major General 17th Division commander Yes
Nikolay Olsufiev Yes
Karl Oldekop Yes
Karl Opperman Yes
Vasiliy Orlov-Denisov Yes
Prince Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken1752–1837 Infantry Corps commander Yes
Count Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy1772–1857 Yes

P

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Magnus von der Pahlen ("Matvei") Yes
Count Paul von der Pahlen Yes
Count Peter von der Pahlen Yes
Ivan Palitsin Yes
Ivan Panchulidzev Yes
Semyon Panchulidzev Yes
Count Ivan Paskevich17782-1856 Yes
Alexander Patton Yes
Marquis Filippo Paulucci Yes
Alexander Peiker Yes
Georg Ludwig Pilar von Pilchau1767-1830 Yes
Alexander Pisarev Yes
Count Matvei Platov1757-1818 Yes
Konstantin Poltoratskiy Yes
Boris Poluektov Yes
Ivan Pol Yes
Mikhail Ponsette Yes
Fyodor Posnikov Yes
Yakov Potyomkin Yes
Count Stanisław Potocki (1782-1831) [5] Yes
Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo Yes
Alexey Protasov Yes
Dmitry Pyshnitskiy Yes

R

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Nikolay Raevsky1771-1829 Yes
Vasily Rakhmanov1764-1816 Yes
Dmitry Rezvy1762-1823 Yes
Robert Renny1768-1832 Yes
Prince Nikolay Repnin-Volkonsky1778-1845 Yes
Sergey Repninskiy1775-1818 Yes
Stepan Repninskiy1773-1851 Yes
Johann Friedrich von Rehren
(Ivan Reren)
1775-1813 Yes
Fyodor Rediger1773-1851 Yes
Alexander von Rüdinger1782-1825 Yes
Burchard Adam von Richter
(Boris Richter)
1782-1832 Yes
Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke1772-1849 Yes
Baron Alexander von Rosen1779-1832 Yes
Baron Gregor von Rosen
(Grigori Rozen)
1781-1841 Yes
Baron Friedrich Georg Otto von Rosen
(Fyodor Rozen)
1767-1851 Yes
Ignaty Rossi1765-1814 Yes
Ludwig Roth ("Loggin Rot")1780-1851 Yes
Alexander Ruzdrevich1785-1829 Yes
Vasily Rykov1759-1827 Yes
Alexander Ryleev1778-1840 Yes
Mikhail Ryleev1771-1830 Yes
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 Yes

S

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Sabaneev Yes
Fyodor Sanders Yes
Andrey Andreyevich von Saß Yes
Andreas Burchard Friedrich (Andrey Pavlovich) von Saß Yes
Eremey Savoini Yes
Ivan Sazonov Yes
Fyodor Sazonov Yes
Duke Leopold of Saxe-Coburg1790-1865 Yes
Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg1769-1843 Yes
Gustav Scheele Yes
Nikolay Selyavin Yes
Aleksei Seslavin Yes
Count Emmanuel de Saint-Priest Yes
Prince Ivan Shakhovskoy Yes
Prince Alexander Shcherbatov Yes
Prince Alexey Shcherbatov Yes
Prince Nikolay Shcherbatov Yes
Ivan Shevich Yes
Vasily Shenshin Yes
Dmitry Shepelev Yes
Mikhail Shkapskiy Yes
Gerasim Shostakov Yes
Peter Schreyder Yes
Evstafiy Shtaden Yes
Fabian Steinheil ("Faddei Shteingel") Yes
Count Pavel Shuvalov Yes
Alexander Shulgin Yes
Daniil Shukhanov Yes
Count Egor Sivers Yes
Count Karl Sivers Yes
Nikolay Sipyagin Yes
Anton Skalon (French: Anton de Scalon)1767-1812 Yes
Iosif Sokolovskiy Yes
Maksim Stavitskiy Yes
Semyon Stavrakov Yes
Georg Johann von Staal1777-1862 Yes
Karl Gustav von Staal1778-1853 Yes
Count Pavel Stroganov1774-1817 Yes
Nikolay Sulima Yes
Ivan Sukhozanet Yes
Baron Paul van Suchtelen (son of Pieter van Suchtelen) Yes
Baron Pieter van Suchtelen Yes
Nikanor Svechin Yes

T

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Alexander Talysin Yes
Fyodor Talysin Yes
Baron Fyodor Teil van Seraskern Yes
Alexander Thesleff Yes
Nikolay Titov Yes
Count Pyotr Tolstoy1769-1844 Yes
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Toll Yes
Count Alexander Tormasov1752-1819 Yes
Mikhail Treskin Yes
Ivan Troshchinskiy Yes
Prince Vasily Trubetskoy1776-1841 Yes
Christian Truzson Yes
Alexander Tsvilinev Yes
Andrey Turchaninov Yes
Pavel Turchaninov Yes
Alexander Tuchkov Yes
Nikolay Tuchkov Yes
Pavel Tuchkov Yes

U

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Fyodor Uvarov Yes
Gustav Udam ("Evstafiy Udom")1760–1836 Yes
Johann Udam ("Ivan Udom")1768–1821 Yes
Andrey Umanets Yes
Prince Alexander Urusov Yes
Pavel Ushakov Yes
Sergei Ushakov Yes

V

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Vadbolskiy Yes
Yakov Vadkovsky1774 - 1820 Major General (1808) Chief of 2 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps No
Ludwig Valmoden Yes
Dmitry Vasilchikov Yes
Illarion Vasilchikov Yes
Nikolay Vasilchikov Yes
Anton Velikopolskiy Yes
Ivan Velyaminov Yes
Gavriil Veselitskiy Yes
Mikhail Vistitskiy Yes
Egor Vlastov Yes
Mikhail Vlodek Yes
Alexey Voyeykov Yes
Alexander Voinov Yes
Mikhail Volkov Yes
Prince Pyotr Volkonskiy1776-1852 Yes
Prince Sergey Volkonskiy Yes
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 Yes
Nikolay Vuich Yes

W

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Ferdinand Wintzingerode Yes
Count Ivan Witte Yes
Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg Yes
Duke Eugene of Wurttemberg Yes

Y

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Lev Yashvil Yes
Nikolay Yemelyanov Yes
Alexey Yermolov1777-1861 Yes
Ivan Yershov Yes
Andrey Yefimovich Yes
Vasiliy Yeshin Yes
Dmitry Yuzefovich Yes
Alexander Yushkov Yes

Z

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pyotr Zagryazhskiy Yes
Arseniy Zakrevskiy1783–1865 Yes
Timofey Zbievskiy Yes
Fyodor Zvarykin Yes
Filipp Zhevakhov No
Ivan Zhevakhov Yes
Spiridon Zhevakhov No
Pyotr Zheltukhin Yes
Sergey Zheltukhin Yes
Apollon Zhemchuzhnikov Yes

Footnotes

  1. After June 1812
  2. Russian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze
  3. Russian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze
  4. [2]
  5. son of Count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki
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